It’s the middle of winter but that doesn’t mean it’s too early or not a good time to think about your spring gardening chores. Composting is an excellent practice for young and old alike and easy for kids of almost all ages to help with at various levels. There are as many composting systems as…
Make Your Own Toxin-Free Glue Glue, as many people don’t realize, can be very toxic. Yet for many craft projects, glue is just the thing to make a project go smoothly without much expense. So what to do? Easy! Make your own. . These natural glue recipes are not only easy to make, but they…
Years ago, summertime meant the sound of children playing in neighborhood yards. These days, however, yards remain silent as kids are camped out in front of computers, televisions, and video games. To help the health of our children and get them in touch with nature, we need to get them back outside. Here are some…
How to Make Your Own Birdseed Mix Last week we talked about the importance of your commitment when you decide to start feeding the wild birds in your yard. This is especially important in the winter. There are a lot of premixed bird seed mixtures on the market and you can buy them at…
How to Attract and Feed Wild Birds in the Winter One of my favorite parts about living where I do is that every morning, when I look out my kitchen window, I see a bunch of juncos and chickadee birds waiting in the evergreen tree for me to open the window just a bit and…
Make your own Recycled Chinese Lantern Here is a quick, easy and fun craft that will make use of all that wrapping paper from birthdays or your winter holiday gift giving. You can also use color magazine pages for this or really any other type of paper too. Chinese lanterns are usually in red or…
**Updated 1/28/2013 – CLICK HERE TO ENTER FOR A FREE COPY OF THIS BOOK! ** Recently I got this delightful little book in my mailbox to review: Some books are cute. Some books are not as cute but still have life lessons packed into the stories. This particular book is both! The authors, Cynthia Whipple…
What do you do with your cereal boxes after the insides have all been eaten? We usually just break them down and thrown them into the recycling bin but Michaels has a fun idea for a cardboard craft that’s great for kids of all ages – Make A cereal box journal. Find out more details…
Image via Wikipedia This is an adorable story that was an entry into a contest HERE. Unfortunately there was an issue with the contest sponsor’s flash player so after the author uploaded the story to the contest site, part of it isn’t showing. We’d really appreciate it if you’d vote for her story anyway by…
When my kids were young I would save EVERYTHING – and I mean everything in hopes of using it as a craft. The one thing we definitely stockpiled was empty toilet paper rolls (and paper towel rolls). I had bags and boxes full. But it sure was worth it. As the pile grew so did…